Epinions Recent Reviews for rader6795

A joystick too loose for good use

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:46:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Say you're a gamer who bought an Xbox 360 for Pac-Man: Championship Edition. You're likely the only person in America who bought the system based on a Pac-Man update. You happen to be typing this very sentence. And you quickly realize that your...

If you are a lion, you're no longer wild.

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:46:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Nobou Uematsu is one kooky fella. Renown to the legion of Final Fantasy Fans (Final Fanatics, if you will) as the primary composer, he's breathed life into every title in the series this side of Final Fantasy X-2. His ability to adapt different...

A status symbol within a status symbol.

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:51:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - I was an early adopter of an iPod Mini. It's something I'm not proud to admit as we were all scorned, be it by the 6GB release shortly thereafter or the advent of the iPod nano. So, I told myself I wouldn't buy another iPod until they...

Because I'm still in love with you, I wanna see you dance again.

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:13:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - All things Wii aside, this is true. There are few things in the gaming world that truly excite me nowadays. In my, sad to say, twenty plus years of gaming, there are few events that make me take interest. One of those events, though, is the...

Juliana Hatfield: Loud, rough and raw

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 18:36:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - At the tale end of 2004 and through early 2005, Juliana Hatfield did the unthinkable. Two singles from her personal archives were release every week and available for download on her webpage. However, rather than force secure downloads to ensure she...

Well... Final Fantasy of Mana Online, huh?

Sun, 9 Jan 2005 02:43:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - All them words below and still merely a brief overview? Crazy. I've had my experiences with the world of the Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (henceforth referred to as MMORPGs), as I wasted away for years playing Asheron's...

Don't be fooled... Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is a winner.

Sat, 1 May 2004 09:37:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Sometimes studios have to learn when to shut their fat, Hollywood yaps and let a movie stand on its own. When a movie is labeled as, say, a Quentin Tarentino vehicle, it gets instant credibility. Tarentino is a master of the craft of moviemaking much...

So, uh... Some Girls - Feel It, eh? I should hope so.

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:30:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Juliana Hatfield's body of work, in her eighteen years of recording, is not an easy body to follow. From her early years as frontwoman for Boston-based Blake Babies, she moved onto a solo career with "Hey, Babe." Her next project, for which...

Ocean makes a fantastic game mediocre.

Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:54:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue Mr. Do!, the arcade game, is one of my favorite games of all time. Whenever I do finally get the money to build my own private arcade, the first cabinet I'm getting is Mr. Do! Maybe not, really, as there was a cocktail...

When did Scrye become Inquest?

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 03:13:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - For the geeky gamers and collectors of Magic: The Gathering, there's really only two magazines that cater to their card value evaluating needs. Their choices are Wizard branch-off, Inquest Gamer, or Scrye. I come from a small,...

If only I could be born again...

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:39:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Since coming back from Korea, I've been living with my brother and his family. The family's small and just now starting to grow with their daughter just turning one and a son due, of all days, today. Now that I'm older and about to get married, I'm...

Ever wonder what I was up to for the last two years?

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:28:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue I'm a gamer. There's few things in the world I enjoy as much as games. I'm not going to be insane and call what I do a sport like that sorry Soul Calibur II champion, Jason, on the recent MTV and EGM video game show...

Ahem... MORTAL KOMBAT! (Plus, bonus ranting from an MK fanboy)

Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:37:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue Before I begin, I might as well let you all know that I, the PerswAsian, Terry Rader, am one of the biggest all time marks for the Mortal Kombat series in all of history. It all started way back in 1992, when the original Mortal...

Like Jessica Simpson, it looks good but seems stupid and easy

Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:02:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue For once, I'll spare you people my long, tangent-laden rants before a game review and actually just get down to the nitty-gritty. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance isn't a must-own title for the Gameboy Advance. It is,...

Pikmin? You pick flowermen out of the ground. Pick men... Pikmin. I get it.

Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:28:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Miyahon For those in the know, that's a sad translation joke from the sad translation that was The Legend of Zelda. That was what Shigeru Miyamoto's name was translated, poorly, as in the game's credits. Remember, this is the same game...

Now less likely to kill your pets when thrown towards the wall!

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:01:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Some people may have figured it out by now... I fell prey to the dark side and ponied up the cash to...

Super Metroid for Super Nintendo: The GREATEST game of all time (Rock_On's Third Annual Nintendo Write-off)

Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:05:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Warning: The following review is part of Rock_On's Third Annual Nintendo Write-Off. Reader discretion, along with a bag of Funions and a Pepsi, is advised.

Prologue

Metroid. New...

Short, Sweet and Sour...

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:42:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Alright, children, here's a tidbit about me that's probably not hard to tell: I'm a huge fan of P...

The music just turns me on... at first

Sat, 14 Jun 2003 04:58:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue I was one of the few, the proud, the Dreamcast owners. I sat, in agony, on the Dr...

Almost perfect... almost.

Sun, 18 May 2003 23:56:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - A short, short time ago in a country far, far away...

It doesn't seem that long ago that I was surrounded by a ton of freaks and geeks at my local Funcoland (Now, I suppose, a Gamestop and no longer local seeing as how I live in Korea...

Natsume knew not to say they were "Serious Fun" this time.

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 05:54:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue

I've been a long time supporter of many lesser known developers. One of the brightest shining stars has been the quirky little developer known as Natsume. Their motto? "Serious Fun."

And, in the past, they've lived...

How to Ruin a Great, Classic Game...

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:51:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue

Konami, you restored my faith in your developers, with the rebirth of Castlevania in the form of Castlevania: Circle of the Moon and Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance.

Then I got word from many review...

Punch-Out!! for Nintendo: Mario presents (Mike Tyson's) Punch-Out "Let the Sunshine In W/O"

Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:36:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - As a celebration of all things Mario for the upcoming release of Mario Sunshine for the Gamecube, I present a review of a very well known, but often forgotten, appearance of the little plumber who could... referee.

But before I ever get...

Shadowrun for Super Nintendo: What is the Matrix?

Tue, 9 Jul 2002 05:34:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - Prologue

Long before Keanu Reeves ever said, blankly as only he could, "I know kung-fu" and long before he ever said that same line in a movie, Jake Armitage was tapped into the Matrix courtesy of a headjack and cyberdeck in the year...

The reason my friends stare blankly at me...

Sun, 5 May 2002 12:07:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rader6795 - All too often record companies hype up a band for little or no reason, banking on their band being the next big thing. So was the case of the 15-year old Ben Kweller's band, Radish, and with all the hype came little result. And most often with...